The Vermont Statutes Online
The Statutes below include the actions of the 2024 session of the General Assembly.
NOTE: The Vermont Statutes Online is an unofficial copy of the Vermont Statutes Annotated that is provided as a convenience.
Title 3 : Executive
Chapter 027 : State Employees Labor Relations Act
Subchapter 005 : AGREEMENTS; GENERALLY
(Cite as: 3 V.S.A. § 981)-
§ 981. Good faith; failure to agree
For the purpose of this chapter to bargain collectively is the performance of the mutual obligation of the employer and the representative of the employees to meet at reasonable times and confer in good faith with respect to all matters bargainable under the provisions of this chapter; but the failure or refusal of either party to agree to a proposal, or to change or withdraw a lawful proposal, or to make a concession shall not constitute, or be evidence direct or indirect, of a breach of this obligation. (Added 1969, No. 113, § 1.)